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08/21
Amanda
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War and Peace (Oxford World's Classics) by Leo Tolstoy bookshelves: currently-reading |
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07/07
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (Paperback) by Steven Pressfield (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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07/07
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The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories (Paperback) by Aimee Bender bookshelves: currently-reading |
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I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman (Hardcover) by Nora Ephron |
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recommended to Amanda by:
Phillip
recommended for: women, men who want to understand women read in August, 2008 |
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Amanda
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War and Peace (Oxford World's Classics) by Leo Tolstoy bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, Book 1) by Kim Stanley Robinson |
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recommended to Amanda by:
William
recommended for: people who like believable sci-fi, people who like ethics read in August, 2008 |
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Amanda
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Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, Book 3) by Kim Stanley Robinson bookshelves: to-read |
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, Book 2) by Kim Stanley Robinson bookshelves: to-read |
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Amanda
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The Whistling Season (Hardcover) by Ivan Doig |
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recommended to Amanda by:
Judy
recommended for: people who like rural stories, people who liked Little House on the Prarie as kids read in August, 2008 
Amanda said:
"I thought the story was very good and the language lyrical, but I didn't think it lived up to the quotes on the back cover, which included one from the Oprah magazine saying it was "perfect" if I'm not mistaken. It was a very good book, but...more
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The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World's Most Elusive Sea Creature (Paperback) by Richard Ellis |
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sale table at Borders
recommended for: people who like giant squid read in August, 2008
Amanda said:
"This book has a lot of information about giant squid - all of the scientific knows and unknowns and ledgends & fiction about the gigantic molluscs. It was very fascinating and compelling to read, especially the speculations and explanations for s...more
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Atonement: A Novel (Paperback) by Ian McEwan |
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recommended for: people who like WWII, people who like lit-er-a-ture
read in July, 2008
Amanda said:
"I didn't think I'd like this book because it had so much hype, but I did. I stayed up until 4 am reading because I couldn't put it down.
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Amanda
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time, Book 1) by Madeleine L'Engle |
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Amanda's favorite quotes
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
"O woe is me,
O woe is me,
I used to have a hamster tree,
But it was eaten by a newt,
And now I have no cuddly fruit..."
— Clive Barker (Abarat, Book 1: Abarat)
O woe is me,
I used to have a hamster tree,
But it was eaten by a newt,
And now I have no cuddly fruit..."
— Clive Barker (Abarat, Book 1: Abarat)
Amanda's groups (recent posts)
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William 183 books 4 friends |
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Judy 56 books 6 friends |
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Jodi 837 books 21 friends |
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Phillip 58 books 6 friends |
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Claire 0 books 3 friends |
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